Battle of Fort La Croix

The Battle of Fort La Croix (June 1756) was a battle of the French and Indian War that took place at the French military base of Fort La Croix, in the gulf of the St. Lawrence River, in present-day Canada. The British ship HMS Morrigan destroyed the fort's towers and assaulted the fort with a regiment of line infantry, killing the commander Le Chasseur and seizing the fort.

History
Fort La Croix was built in June of 1756 in the Hudson River Valley by the Royal French Army, with its goal being to threaten British interests in northern New York and every location south of the valley. The fort was commanded by Le Chasseur, who was sent to give poison gases to the French by the Assassin Order in preparation for an attack on the Templar Order-backed British. Colonel George Monro, both a Templar and a British commander, saw the necessity for the fort to be destroyed, as did his associate Christopher Gist. Aboard Shay Cormac's schooner HMS Morrigan, they set out to attack the fort after stealing some supplies from a nearby French outpost.

After refitting the Morrigan, the British bombarded the walls of the fort. Some French mortar shots hit the hull of Morrigan, but all of the towers were destroyed before significant damage could be inflicted. After destroying the towers, Shay left the ship and single-handedly attacked the fort. He slew the guards and made his way into the war room after killing two snipers. In the war room, he confronted his former ally Le Chasseur and killed him in a one-on-one duel by cutting his neck with a dagger. Shortly after, British troops entered the fort and occupied it, and Fort La Croix became a British stronghold in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence River.